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势

Traditional: 勢

shì

shì · sai3 (Jyutping)

  1. power
  2. influence
  3. potential
  4. momentum
  5. tendency
  6. trend
  7. situation
  8. conditions
  9. outward appearance
  10. sign
  11. gesture
  12. male genitals

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

势

Meaning
power, force; tendency
Radical
力
Strokes
8
Components
⿱执力
Cangjie
QIKS
Four-corner
5542

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